Jacob Read

Jacob Read (1752-17 July 1816) was a US Senator from South Carolina from 4 March 1795 to 4 March 1801, succeeding Ralph Izard and preceding John E. Colhoun. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
Jacob Read was born near Charleston, South Carolina in 1752, and he studied in England before becoming a lawyer. From 1780 to 1781, he was held as a British prisoner in Saint Augustine during the American Revolutionary War, and he was elected to the State Assembly in 1782. From 1783 to 1785, he served in the Continental Congress, and he later served in the South Carolina House of Representatives. From 1795 to 1801, he served in the US Senate, but he lost for reelection in 1800. He died in 1816.